Identifying Subjects

Identify the subject in each of the following sentences.

For help with this exercise, see Chapter 15.

example

In the summertime, theaters play lots of movies with expensive special effects.

a. summertime

b. theaters

c. expensive

d. play

  1. Question

    The Perfect Storm is a movie starring George Clooney.

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    Identifying Subjects - Identify the subject in each of the following sentences.: The Perfect Storm is a movie starring George Clooney.

  2. Question

    Before that, it was a best-selling book.

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    Identifying Subjects - Identify the subject in each of the following sentences.: Before that, it was a best-selling book.

  3. Question

    The book traces the true story of a fishing boat named the Andrea Gail.

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    Identifying Subjects - Identify the subject in each of the following sentences.: The book traces the true story of a fishing boat named the Andrea Gail.

  4. Question

    No one really knows what happened to the Andrea Gail.

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    		B.
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    		D.
    Identifying Subjects - Identify the subject in each of the following sentences.: No one really knows what happened to the Andrea Gail.

  5. Question

    The “perfect storm” was actually three storms that converged at one point.

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    Identifying Subjects - Identify the subject in each of the following sentences.: The “perfect storm” was actually three storms that converged at one point.

  6. Question

    The Andrea Gail got caught in the middle of the three storms and never really had a chance.

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    Identifying Subjects - Identify the subject in each of the following sentences.: The Andrea Gail got caught in the middle of the three storms and never really had a chance.

  7. Question

    Her sister boat, the Hannah Boden, was located six hundred miles away from the Andrea Gail.

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    Identifying Subjects - Identify the subject in each of the following sentences.: Her sister boat, the Hannah Boden, was located six hundred miles away from the Andrea Gail.

  8. Question

    Warning messages about the weather were sent from the Andrea Gail to the Hannah Boden.

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    Identifying Subjects - Identify the subject in each of the following sentences.: Warning messages about the weather were sent from the Andrea Gail to the Hannah Boden.

  9. Question

    The crew of the Hannah Boden could prepare the boat for the coming storm.

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    Identifying Subjects - Identify the subject in each of the following sentences.: The crew of the Hannah Boden could prepare the boat for the coming storm.

  10. Question

    The Andrea Gail was able to save her sister boat, but not herself.

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    Identifying Subjects - Identify the subject in each of the following sentences.: The Andrea Gail was able to save her sister boat, but not herself.